Trades Assistant

Competition Number : 26 / 07

Posting Scope : Internal / External

Posted Date : January 13, 2026

Closing Date : February 3, 2026, 4 : 30 PM PST

Department : Parks & Recreation

Posting Type : 1 x Maternity / Parental Leave Replacement – up to 5 months

1 x Temporary - up to 11 months

Work schedule : Monday to Friday ( 40 -hour work week)

Salary : $ 35.82 per hour, Pay Grade 8

Job Code : 644

Employee Group : This is a CUPE Local 50 position

Number of Vacancies : 2

POSITION FUNCTION

Performs a variety of intermediate skilled tasks in the trades of horticulture, arboriculture, irrigation, construction and maintenance.

KEY DUTIES

• Working with or under the direction of a qualified trades person. Prepares, maintains horticultural areas, and works in the greenhouse. Renovates and maintains parks and playing fields, boulevards, and other turf areas. Plants, prunes, and maintains trees. Constructs and maintains parks equipment, hard infrastructure, and furniture, installs, and maintains irrigation and drainage systems.
• Water, fertilize, seed, cultivate as required; grow, propagate, plant, and maintain various annual, perennial, specialty plants, and other nursery stock and trees.
• Prepare, construct and repair hanging baskets, window boxes and displays. Inspect for pest and health problems and apply pest controls and conduct soil testing.
• Keep records and inventories as required; make recommendations on hard and soft landscape improvements.
• Operate a variety of parks industrial equipment such as industrial trucks and tractors with attachments; operate various hand tools and power equipment such as shovels, and line trimmer, rototiller, electric shears, riding mowers, chainsaws, ditch-witch and turf-cutters.
• Provide instructions and information to other staff as required.
• Occasionally respond to general enquiries from the public and other departments.
• Perform related duties where qualified.

INDEPENDENCE

WORKING CONDITIONS

Physical Effort

Mental Effort

Visual / Auditory Effort

Work Environment

Key Skills And Abilities

Qualifications

Formal Education, Training and Occupational Certification

Experience

Other

To apply for this opportunity, you will need to create an online profile or log back into our career portal at www.victoria.ca / jobs - only online submissions will be considered. All applications must be submitted online by 4 : 30 pm on the closing date noted on the posting. Please be prepared to provide proof of qualifications as outlined in your resume.

The City of Victoria is committed to integrating equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility into our programs, policies, spaces, and services. Our goal is to cultivate a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the community we serve and aim to become. Individuals who are Indigenous, racialized, immigrants, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+, or facing any additional barriers are encouraged to apply. Accommodations will be available upon request throughout the application and selection process.

If you require assistance, please email us at careers@victoria.ca.

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